Lots of good news and wedding planning
First, the good news, Tony went to the doctor and they didn't find anything. We still don't know what's wrong but nothing was found and therefore we are happy. He has also officially started his "new" full time, non-contract job. YAY!
This past weekend we went to Nova Scotia for Jeff and Chantal's wedding. It was a busy few days but very nice. I did get to see Joel (he's adorable and fell asleep on me for about an hour) and we hung out with my parents a bit. The wedding was very nice. It started late due to insane technical difficulties that were beyond anyone's control. The food was lovely. It was simple but meaningful and I'm amazed at how much Chantal and Jeff managed to do themselves. Unlike the nay-sayer "Wedding Planning for Dummies" book that seems to think you shouldn't do anything on your own for your wedding. Well, I suppose since it was written by the editor of a bridal magazine that makes sense. I wanted to thow it in the bus the other day because it was making me angry. It's too traditional for me I've decided so I'm giving it back to the friend I borrowed it from.
On the way back home we made a stop in Sackville to look at some possible ceremony places on campus at Mount Allison. A lot of doors were locked because it was Sunday but we poked around here and there. First I took Tony to see Windsor Theatre and Hesler Hall. He found Windsor Theatre to be too dark, understandably, but liked Hesler Hall. I wanted to poke around there more but people were rehearsing. I e-mailed the Technical Director at the Theatre, since Hesler isn't bookable throught the facilities management people don't book it, to see if we can get it. We both think it would be a great space. Lots of natural light and nice archetectual features.
We also looked at Convocation Hall. Tony really liked the building from the outside. I explained that it fits about 1500 people which, I think, is a bit too big. A lot too big really, but we could certainly get pictures done there. We also looked in the Music Conservatory and Tony thought Brunton might be good so I e-mailed the facilities person about those two, plus another room I found on the website that's attached to Bermuda House.
After our little tour we did some brainstorming of what would like and not like for our wedding:
For food, we're thinking pizza and a number of different salads.
We want to do the music ourselves for the most part, and possibly hire some music students to play at some points in the ceremony.
We would like a few speaches, but not many, and we would like to have a dance at the reception.
Parking's a big consideration.
We want our attendents to have a really clear idea of what their role is and how they can help both before and on the day of the wedding.
We don't want to have assigned seating for the ceremony (ie Bride's side and groom's side) and for the reception we'd have a few tables reserved for us and our immediate families but everyone else can sit where they like.
We want to have playing cards, pads of paper and pencils and a crib board on every table.
We want to find someone who can make wine for us as their wedding present.
We will not allow any orcs to come to our wedding, or wheapons (yes, that wheapons with a "fwh")
That space between the ceremony and reception when most people do pictures can be frustrating so we're planning to do pictures before the ceremony and maybe just a few between with the wedding party.
We're going to do as much as possible ourselves and with the help of others.
At some point we're going to make a website. I'll let you know when it's up and running.
Back to getting all kinds of stuff done so that I'll have less to do the rest of the week when I'm working!
This past weekend we went to Nova Scotia for Jeff and Chantal's wedding. It was a busy few days but very nice. I did get to see Joel (he's adorable and fell asleep on me for about an hour) and we hung out with my parents a bit. The wedding was very nice. It started late due to insane technical difficulties that were beyond anyone's control. The food was lovely. It was simple but meaningful and I'm amazed at how much Chantal and Jeff managed to do themselves. Unlike the nay-sayer "Wedding Planning for Dummies" book that seems to think you shouldn't do anything on your own for your wedding. Well, I suppose since it was written by the editor of a bridal magazine that makes sense. I wanted to thow it in the bus the other day because it was making me angry. It's too traditional for me I've decided so I'm giving it back to the friend I borrowed it from.
On the way back home we made a stop in Sackville to look at some possible ceremony places on campus at Mount Allison. A lot of doors were locked because it was Sunday but we poked around here and there. First I took Tony to see Windsor Theatre and Hesler Hall. He found Windsor Theatre to be too dark, understandably, but liked Hesler Hall. I wanted to poke around there more but people were rehearsing. I e-mailed the Technical Director at the Theatre, since Hesler isn't bookable throught the facilities management people don't book it, to see if we can get it. We both think it would be a great space. Lots of natural light and nice archetectual features.
We also looked at Convocation Hall. Tony really liked the building from the outside. I explained that it fits about 1500 people which, I think, is a bit too big. A lot too big really, but we could certainly get pictures done there. We also looked in the Music Conservatory and Tony thought Brunton might be good so I e-mailed the facilities person about those two, plus another room I found on the website that's attached to Bermuda House.
After our little tour we did some brainstorming of what would like and not like for our wedding:
For food, we're thinking pizza and a number of different salads.
We want to do the music ourselves for the most part, and possibly hire some music students to play at some points in the ceremony.
We would like a few speaches, but not many, and we would like to have a dance at the reception.
Parking's a big consideration.
We want our attendents to have a really clear idea of what their role is and how they can help both before and on the day of the wedding.
We don't want to have assigned seating for the ceremony (ie Bride's side and groom's side) and for the reception we'd have a few tables reserved for us and our immediate families but everyone else can sit where they like.
We want to have playing cards, pads of paper and pencils and a crib board on every table.
We want to find someone who can make wine for us as their wedding present.
We will not allow any orcs to come to our wedding, or wheapons (yes, that wheapons with a "fwh")
That space between the ceremony and reception when most people do pictures can be frustrating so we're planning to do pictures before the ceremony and maybe just a few between with the wedding party.
We're going to do as much as possible ourselves and with the help of others.
At some point we're going to make a website. I'll let you know when it's up and running.
Back to getting all kinds of stuff done so that I'll have less to do the rest of the week when I'm working!